Assorting machine



Deel' s, 1925;

J. B. PERRY 4 ASSORTING MACHINE 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 17 Fig. 1

i I/fo g INVENTOR Josgohfefly Dec. 8. 1925. v1,564,973

J. B. PERRY ASSORTING MACHINE lFiled July 1v. 1925 s sheets-sheet` 2 INVENTOR Dec. s, 1925. 1,564,973

J. BQ PERRY ASSORTING MACHINE Filed July 17, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTCR ATTORNEY Cil ` Patented Dec. .8, 1.925.

,UNI-TED STATES-j c JOSEPH n. PERRY, on P3ov1nn1von mamma:`l ISLAND, .Ass'repiten 'on 'capitani-:i110 f ,HARRY POWLER, orv Pnovrnnncn, drations@isnaivn. t

Application med Jury 17, 1925:; :serial nai/14,2534. l"

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To all whom t may concern: i f y Be it known that I, JOSEPH PERRY, a" citizen of the United States, residing aty Providence, in the county of Providence and State OfRhOdesland, have inventedcertain'new and usefulmprovement's in Assorting'lvlachines,of which the followingis a specification. c" 'i Y 'y l' Vly inventionl relates" to a machine for sorting screw blanks, screws, pins, l needles, bolts, and otherA objects.

An'obje'ct ofmy invention is to separate from lsweepings and scrap' in assorted. sizes the screws,Vv blanksfor other" articles nish'ed or 'unfinishedtherein contained, `whereby a savingof material and labor isl'eected;

Anotherv object is t04 automaticallyl'gage the 'articles' during thej sorting operating, Iand insure micrometricaccuracy and similarity in the successively segregated masses. Further objects are stability, simplicity, and facility of operation. Tothe'above ends primarily my invention consists in such Yparts andinsuch comi binations vof'parts asfall within theiscope 'of the' appended claims.. fi 7" In the accompanying `drawings Vwhich 'form'aj'part o'f this'specification i Figures 1, 2, and v3 are 4a plan view, a side elevation, andan endk elevation; respectively of machine embodyingmy invention, showingparts broken awa lj Figures 4 and 5, sections ofthe sameyon lines 4 4 and 5%5 respectively of'Fig'urefl, Figure 6, a fragmentary plan view ofthe table with the gage casing andf-woodenl Atop plate removed, and 2 l' Y Figures 7 and 8, sections on line 7-'-7' of FigureAv 1, and line 8 8 ofFigure 6 respec- V Like reference characters indicate' like parts throughout the'views.` f y In the form of my invention hereinshown a framework 11 comprises a rectangular or oblong frame 12 carried by corner legs 13 lconnected by end bars 15, which inturn 'are connected by"longitudinal spacedy bars '16, carrying transverse parallel guide` 'barsl for an open box 18` adapted' to slide on the 'bars 16. A cast iron bedframe 20'rests on the frame 12 and is'attached vtheretovin this instance by screws 21 in depending perforated lugs '22 thereon. 'The frame 120gjco1nprises a flat body 23 'provided' withja central oblong opening. 24, andy lateral'longitudiany aipasa guides 25' integral warme adjacent faces with longitu dinally' Idisposed stepped lower and upper grooves or seats 26 and ,27Jrespectiv'lyf A-"rfunnel 36" of thin sheetjnjietal below the pen frame 20" is fixed l at jitsuppriedgefby screws STtothek foury 'i sides -of the; frame,12.7vl lThe retracted ,open

endBS of the A'funnel terminates above? the' slidablebox lzi-*lllpon one end of the plate 20;centrally-thereof--is afdependin-g liigor a'fcentral opening-42to receive afrotatable shaft o'l'screwI 43 havingannular'retaining shoulders at each side :of the lug and* provided Withfa thread'. 46.**Fixefd to'-theout'er endof the sha'ft isvan operating wheel48. The thread 46E engages the'threfadf49'of an opening 50 in a depending'eaiorlug'51 centrally located nearyon'e fendi-off arectangular metallic frame 58 slidable in l the g'uideway formed-by thegroove's 26. f'Thifs'v frame yhas acentral oblong openingi54'adapted to-reg- .ister with the opening 24 of the frame body 'integral cross bars: 65. portion 66y ofthe -plateflatone of :its ends lis not slotted'in ythisinsta-nc'e- Eixed to or integral with theV Vlower faces ofthe; severalcross bars lare narrower `bars GS disposed-lengthwise of the latter Awith their ends; projecting beyond the bars. 65 and restinginvl the grooves 27. In

:thiscasethe barsy 6 8 Eare attached at their centersto the bars A65,byscrews 70,; v and,` at jtheirfends, to'the guides j25 Hby screws 71; One-'corresponding lateral" edge ofV each `bar 68slightly projects laterally from theY edge grits .,.3.. .1. .n

ar forming n A'a1 yresultant slioiilder AS herein shown the plate 61 hassafmarginal` beveled'abutment'. 'This' consists of an,

oblongfra1nef-75j-'resting upon," vthe plate lwhosecentral opening` 6 (exposes ,theT cross .'barsl65'and .the nnslotted' portion 66.l The iframe" y7 i has 'depending 'y lateral `'fingers p77 Iglue'd or otherwise fixed thereto `extending QQ m between pairs of lateral lugs 78 on the rsides of the guidesv and attached by screws 79 Y at their lower ends to the frame 12.

l inclusive, a metal strip 81 attached by screws82 to the margin of plate 61 upon whose end is soldered a housing83 in which slides a rack 84 provided with a holev 86 to receive a pin 88 fixed in one ofthe bars '56 and passing through Van oblong'slot 89y in the. plate 61. The rack engages and rotates a pinion 90' upon a. vertical driving pin 91 journaled in openings, 92 in the housing, The uppery portion of the pin or shaft 91 is flat and registers in an axial slot 98 in the lower end of a shaft 94 plassingv through a hole 95 inthe side 96 of a cylindrical housingl or casing 97 provided with a;` back 98 and a dial plate 99. Y The shaft. 94 is journaled in holes 1001i-n a bracket 101 fixed by rivets 102 to the casing back 98. A. gear 10'3Yon theshaft 94 engages a gear.- 105 on a spindle 106 journaled in holes 107 and. 108- in the casing backA and dial respectively. Upon theprojecting end of the; spindle is a pointer 110 adaptedV to cooperate. with micrometric graduationsl 112 upon the dial face. The casing isy supported` by an arm 114 fixed. at its upper end by the rivets. 102 to the casing back 97; and at its; lower outwardly flanged end- 115 by rivets 116 to a base plater 117 fastened by screws 118 toI the plate 75. rEhe plates 75, and. 117 are respectively* cut away at this pointl toVVV form cavities 120y and 121 accommodating the adjacent operating parts; l

In operation the@l rotation of the shaft 43 by turning the operating wheel 48 in either' direction increases or diminishesthe. spaces between the.V adjacent sides or edges ofthe movable cross. bars. 56y andy they stationary bars 65. with` their depending laterally extending'shoulders 6,8.-

rlille movement of the frame: 53 carrying the barsl 56 is communicated by the latter to they gage .pointer through pin 88.-rack 84, pinion 90 split shaft 911,. 94, gears 103, 105, andspindle 106. The, outward movement ofi the frame 58 increasing the. inter bar spaces, advancesy the pointer 110 which measures micrometrical'ly upon the graduations 112 ofthe dial plate the width of the bar spaces.

The, articlesto be sorted, sayfserew blanks, are dumped upon. the. plate 61 within the beveled` abutment4 7 5.,A and. by a brush. or otherwise,A the mixtureis 'spread'. until the articles of smallY sizel vdepend .between the crossbars which have been spaced by the operating 'wheel V48 a predeterminedY distance. This spacing is facilitated, in the case of articles of slightly varying sizes, by the cooperating gage mechanism. In the drawn-lgs is shown a` screw 122: with they bar and the side ofthe shoulder 68 engaging the. shank of the screw, while the head of the screw rests upon the top of the bar and shoulder., The remaining articles of the mixture of larger sizes are next brushed to the right upon the unslotted ,portion 66 of theV plate 6,1. r'Iher'eupo-n the plate 53 is advancedto increase the extent of the spaces and permit the heads of the screws tofpass therethrough and fall into the receptacle 18. The operator slides the box from its seat, empties it, and replaces it for its next load. The mass of articles upon the unslotted area are now brushed over the slotted portion of the plate, and thel above described operation repeated as often as required by the number of'vary'ing sizes. Obviously when the articles to be sortedv are headless they initially pass between the adjusted bars instead. of being first Suspended therebetween.

I claim l1. In an assorting mach-ine, an open bed i frame, a frame slidably supported on the bed frame, cross bars on the slidable fra-me,

a, stationary plate supported. by the, bed frame, cross bars on the stationary plate, shoulders on the second cross. bars projecting intermediate the rst cross bars, and an operating screw connecting ther two frames.

2. In an asserting machine, an open bed frame, a. frame slidably mountedl kupon the bed frame, cross bars on. thecslidable frame, an stationary plate. supported by the lbed .framel above the slidable frame, cross. bars on the stationary plate, depending: shoulders on the second cross bars `extending between the iirst cross bars, and an operatingscrew connecting the two frames.

8.i In an asserting machine, an open bed n frame, lateral guides upon the bed frame, a framev slidably mounted on the. bed frame between the guides, cross bars onl the slideable frame, a stationary plate fixed. to the. guides above the slidable frame, cross bars on the stationary plate, depending shoulders on. the

second cross bars' between the. first cross. bars,

' a, 'p marginal abutment p upon the stationary plate and an operating the. frames.

5. In an asserting machine, a framework,

screw connecting c an open bed frame supported by the framework, a funnel mounted on the framework below the bed frame, a lug on the bed frame,

a frame slidably mounted upon the bed frame, a lug on the slidable frame, cross bars on the slidable frame, a stationary plat-e supported by the bed Vframe above the slidable fra-me, cross bars on the stationary plate, de` pending shoulders on the second cross bars projecting between the' first cross bars, and an operating screw journaled in the lugs.

6. In an asserting machine, an open bed frame, a frame slidably supported by the bed frame, interspaced cross bars on the slidable iframe, a stationary plate supported by the bed frame, cross bars on the stationary plate, shoulders on the second cross bars in the spaces between the lirst cross bars, an operating screw connecting the frames,

a device for gaging the spaces between the actuated by the screw for operating the gaging devic frame, a frame slidably supported by the slidable frame, a pin carried by the slidable 7. In an assorting machine, an openbed v frame, a .stationary plate supported bythe f bed frame above the slidable frame pro? vided with a slot to receive the pin, 'cross bars on the plate, a casing supported by 'theY bed frame above the plate, a dial in the casing, a spindle rotatablymounted in the dial,`

JOSEPH 13. PERRY. 

